Diagonaldi Very well executed

Jeanskynebu the audience applauded

Listonixio Fresh and Exciting

Tayyab Torres Strong acting helps the film overcome an uncertain premise and create characters that hold our attention absolutely.

pinokiyo Are you kidding me?????????People praising this film are definitely pretentious reviews. I really don't care if it's by a well known Iranian director; positive reviews seem to show bias towards that.I can tolerate slow films, but this really takes it to a whole new level. Just pointless and mundane dialogue. Absolutely no story at all and the ending is the most cheapest, laughable, abrupt ending ever. It's like all that time wasted being tortured watching this film, the ending is like being knocked out right in the face and then being spit on and laughed at. It's that awful. Nothing really happens in this film and 2 hours you are wasting time watching them walk from one side of the room to the other and come back, pick up the phone, or just driving or having pointless small talk - hell even the main character suddenly falls asleep during the film when he's driving! It's like he suddenly mimicked how the audience felt about the film. To think the movie couldn't get worse, towards the end we have to listen to this creepy crazy old lady looking out the window ramble on and on - basically the whole film involves really annoying scenes like that with pointless ramblings - and the ending... it's like the director/writer was like "ah, I can't think of anything to write... I'll just end the film here." I love Japan but this is not a real film. It's an absolute waste of your time. Poor writing, acting, cinematography... Seriously, watching paint dry is more exciting than this film. This film makes Sophia Coppola's "Lost In Translation" seem like a fast-paced action movie masterpiece. Fast forward button on your remote will become your new best friend when watching this film. (You'll also be eager to go for the Stop/Eject button too, but I actually sat through this torturous film)

Don Palathara This is one of the very few good films I have watched in a while. This film is criticised for being simple, but Kiarostami's craft is almost flawless and very realistic. There are times when I questioned the duration of real-time in the film as he opt not to use jump cuts to show the shift in time, but except that minor glitch, this film was highly tense, deep and meaningful at so many levels. Unlike the superficial Hollywood garbage we get to see everyday, Kiarostami's films show us real people with real problems. Probably one of the very few directors who can claim to have real class in this present era. I started watching this film after reading an interview with the director. The film did not disappoint me even a little bit. I am ashamed that I did not come across his name before.

Artus Uroda This is sooooo extremely boring movie that I want swear!!! Scenes are pathetic. Girl is looking by the car window. She's looking, looking, looooking... and looking. Granddad is driving, driving, driving and ooo he reached destination after 4 minutes of drive without single world. Other one. Granddad is going out, he is opening the door, we see he is on third floor, going down, he is on on second floor now, down further, first floor and what next? Yuppie he's out! Such a incredible sophisticated scene. There is more such a pearls in this masterpiece. Waste of time! Waste of budget!!! Waste of time! Waste of budget!!! Waste of time! Waste of budget!!!

mc12000 To this day I still do not understand why there are people (most probably "Asianophilic" Caucasians) who try to give meaning to a a Asian film which, for all intents and purposes, just does not have any deep meaningful messages to impart. Because if this was an American or English film, it would have been slated as boring and a waste of time. But just because it is Japanese, there are people who are automatically impressed and seek to find hidden and meaningful truth in something which is actually as empty as the abyss....One reviewer was asking how the fiancé found out the truth in a matter of hours. The answer is, it was not a matter of hours because we already knew that Akiko was meeting him for lunch. And that is presumably how she got her cut, and also how the fiancé knew the old man's address (i.e. he followed them). Funny how the reviewer did not ask why the old man did not call the police.... maybe a hidden meaning somewhere? In any case, I found nothing likable in any of the characters but the one I hated the most was the lead character. Someone who can willingly ignore her Grandmother for the entire day deserves no pity and the fact that she could have met her at the train station (but did not) made me detest her all the more.